The Biscuit Eater (1972)
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
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Earl HollimanHarve McNeil
Johnny WhitakerLonnie McNeil
Pat CrowleyMary Lee McNeil
Lew AyresMr. Ames
Godfrey CambridgeWillie Dorsey
Beah RichardsCharity Tomlin
Clifton JamesMr. EbenGeorge SpellText TomlinKeywords
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Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
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The Biscuit Eater has a runtime of 92 minutes.
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